In the meantime, they can relish the fact they scored 11 runs in a game Kershaw started and scored a total of 26 runs in the series, an area that has been a problem for the Cubs when facing the Dodgers over the past few seasons. That’s not lost on the manager.

If we get away with this one today and move it back home, it’s actually not a bad stretch for us, other than that one series, Maddon said Thursday morning.

This is about luck, then, and why those chasing the Warriors can’t seem to get a break, and how the Warriors managed to make themselves both good and lucky.

There is considerable buzz among the basketball throng in Vegas regarding the Warriors, who are less than a month removed from a convincing sweep of LeBron James and the Cavaliers in the NBA Finals and how they won twice this summer: championship and then free agency. The collective moan from the rest of the NBA seems to say: What the hell?

Nobody made Michael Spinks get in that ring with Mike Tyson. He made a decision, one whose central essence has been amplified over the years by one Richard Morgan Fleihr, from Memphis Tennessee. Mr. Fleihr is somewhat famous for his animated take on life.